oder this heading ti 3 of Coylone relates the experiences in China' of Mr. Francis Allehakoon, " Ceyloneso tea-maker, who spent some time with Messrs, Molchanotf, Pechatnoff & Ca., at one of their factories in China.
Mr. Allehakoon, says the account, who was formerly tea-maker at Atgalla, Gam-polo, under Mr. G. C. Bliss, left Ceylon on the 16th January last in the steamer Sydney for Shanghai, from where he went on to Hankow, 600 miles distant, by small coasting Steamer, the trip occupying five days; while from Hankow he had to go some 114 miles into the interior, his destination being a place known as Yung-laden, the journey from Hankow being made by river boat and palanquin. It is described as a fine tea district, lots of tea all round, but in siall patches ranging from about 30 to 60 nores, all belonging to the Chinese. Messrs. Molchanoff, Pechatoff & Ca. have started a factory there, and buy large quantities of wren leaf from the native growers, Work is carried on for about six months, and when the. season is over there is practically nothing todo. The factory, however, is equipped with only aswail cil engine and a 32in, tea-roller, while the firing is done by the hula process—as still obtains in some of the small native gardens in Ceylon—the
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